State Contractor Fires Employee Who Uttered Racial Slur in Legislative Meeting
A state contractor says it has fired one of its employees who was heard uttering a racial slur during a Vermont legislative committee hearing on Wednesday morning.
Steven Gayle, a senior director at the White River Junction research and analytics firm Resource Systems Group, which contracts with the Agency of Transportation, had been scheduled to testify about a study on direct-to-consumer vehicle sales.
Gayle popped up on screen during a 10-minute break in the Senate Transportation Committee's live streamed meeting and shortly after could be seen wringing his hands, gritting his teeth and whispering to himself, seemingly unaware his microphone was on.
"Don't believe this shit," he said at one point. "They'll say anything to get elected." He later said, "Yeah, we arrested every n***er," before repeating the slur again shortly after.
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